Improvement in panels for blinds



@ HAYES PANELS FOR BLIN-CDS. v

Patented Feb.22,1876.

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my A z v I i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HAYES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PANELS FOR BLINDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 113,788, dated February22, 1876; application filed January 17, 1876.

CASE E.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAYES, of No. 71 Eighth Avenue, in the city,county, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Panels for Window- Blinds, shutters,-doors, screens, shades ofrailroad-cars, and to take the place of movable or stationary slats inevery instance where they may be used; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of thisspecification.

This invention has for its object, or certain of them, the'same as thosedescribed in my application for patent which was filed in the PatentUflice, October 23, 1875, and being designated (Jase A-namely, toobstruct the direct rays of the sun, and to exclude dust, insects, 850.and, as I propose using narrow strips of metal, I can construct thepanels of smaller pieces or cuttings of the sheets which have been usedfor other purposes consequently a saving in cost is effected.

My improvement consists in taking strips of metal one inch in width,more or less, which I perforate one-half of the width, leaving the otherhalf blank. I then bend them in such a manner that the blank portionwill shield or protect from the sun and rain the portion" which Iperforate. This I do by bending the strips of metal lengthwise, theperforated portion at a right angle to the blank portion. I leave themstraight, or I can further bend or curve the perforated portion, so thatwhen put together as a panel they resemble thatdescribed by me in theaforesaid application, Case A. The blank portion I place uppermost andat an angle, that the perforated portion is protected and shielded, or Itake the strip of metal perforated and blank, as before de-' scribed,and construct a panel, placing the perforated portion uppermost, whilethe blank portion is bent outward at an angle or curve, so that it formsa ledge, which shields or protects the perforated portion of the stripcoming next below. In forming a panel. I place these strips,of metallaterally, simply inserting the ends in the frame-work in a similarmanner to that of securing s ationary slats in an ordinary blind-frame.I then join the strips together along their lower edges, which, however,is only necessary when the panels are of wide dimensions. These stripsmay also be made to slide in a groove formed in the style of frame, sothat they may be gathered together at the top or bottom of the blind,one interlapping the other.

' Referring tothe accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front viewof a panel. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of same.

, Fig. 3 represents a modification in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding'parts, in which A isthe frame, to which the strips of perforated and blank metal, when bentinto the proper form, are secured; B, the perforated portion of strips;C, the blank portion of strips.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

A panel composed of strips of metal, each strip having perforated andblank portions bent into the desired form, substantially as and for thepurpose herein shown and described.

GEORGE HAYES.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM DYATT, AMSON HACKER.

